Preventing academic difficulties in preterm children: An adaptive working memory training intervention.

早产儿童表现出高比例的学习障碍，这具有相当大的社会和经济后果。有人提出，这些学习困难与工作记忆容量的减少有关。这项随机对照试验将调查一个既定的工作记忆训练计划的能力，以改善极度早产儿童的学业功能和预防学习障碍。神经成像将用于研究与改善工作记忆能力相关的功能性神经可塑性。

Preterm children exhibit high rates of learning disability which has considerable social and economic consequences. It is proposed that these learning difficulties are related to reduced working memory capacity. This randomised controlled trial will investigate the ability of an established working memory training program to improve academic functioning and prevent learning disability in children born extremely preterm. Neuroimaging will be performed to study functional neuroplasticity associated with improved working memory capacity.